#8A2E25#8A2E25

#8A2E25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.127 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E25
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 38.60, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 47.05, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1114 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.127 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7934, 7.4925, 2.5751)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E25 #25818A

analogous

#8A254E #8A2E25 #8A6125

triadic

#8A2E25 #258A2E #2E258A

tetradic

#8A2E25 #4E8A25 #25818A #61258A

square

#8A2E25 #4E8A25 #25818A #61258A

split-complementary

#8A2E25 #258A61 #254E8A

monochromatic

#290E0B #5A1E18 #8A2E25 #BA3E32 #D26257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E25

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E25	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.127 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c60',
    500: '#8a2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e25;
$custom-light: #b36c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.347,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43635,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E25

secondary

#54AEB7

accent

#D3E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E25

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